Frederick Bailey Deeming - Rainhill

Rainhill

On his release from prison in July 1891, Deeming headed to the Liverpool area, settling into a hotel in the village of Rainhill, Merseyside under the name Albert Williams. A mysterious woman (almost certainly his wife Marie) who appeared at the hotel was dismissed as his “sister”, visiting before she left for Port Said. Deeming then took a lease on Dinham Villa, a house in Rainhill, supposedly on behalf of a military friend, a certain Colonel Brookes. However, Deeming himself took up residence at Dinham Villa, while a woman and several children seen at the house were again dismissed as merely his “sister and her children,” visiting, who had “since returned home.” Shortly afterwards, Deeming complained that the drains at Dinham Villa were defective, and the kitchen floor needed to be replaced. He closely supervised the work on the floor.

While in Rainhill, Deeming began to court Emily Lydia Mather, the daughter of a widowed local shopkeeper, Mrs Dove Mather. Emily and Deeming (as Albert Williams) married on 22 September 1891.